Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Real Earnings Summary

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REAL EARNINGS * OCTOBER 2016
All employees
Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.1 percent from September to October,
seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This result stems from a
0.4-percent increase in average hourly earnings being nearly offset by a 0.4-percent increase in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
Real average weekly earnings were about unchanged over the month due to the increase in real average
hourly earnings combined with no change to the average workweek.
Real average hourly earnings increased 1.2 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2015 to October
2016. This increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent decrease in the average
workweek resulted in a 0.9-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.
Production and nonsupervisory employees
Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees decreased 0.2 percent from
September to October, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from a 0.2-percent increase in average
hourly earnings being more than offset by a 0.4-percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.2 percent over the month resulting from the decrease in real
average hourly earnings combined with no change in average weekly hours.
From October 2015 to October 2016, real average hourly earnings increased 1.0 percent, seasonally
adjusted. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent decrease in the
average workweek resulted in a 0.6-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.
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Real Earnings for November 2016 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at
8:30 a.m. (EST).